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Cardiff City taking football and education to Malaysia
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Cardiff City’s Malaysian owners are determined to forge strong links between the Bluebirds and the youngsters in their homeland.TERRY PHILLIPS looks at the ambitious Welsh-Asian project
CARDIFF City are reaching out to the children of Malaysia.
Chairman Dato Chan Tien Ghee and his fellow Malaysian investors are underlining their commitment to the Bluebirds through the 1 Malaysia Cardiff City project which will involve improving the lives of 30,000 youngsters through education and coaching.
Cardiff have coaches already working in Malaysia and Dato Chan says: “This is another sign of our commitment to this club. We are bringing Cardiff City successes to Malaysia.
“Personally, I am committed to grassroots football in Malaysia.
“That has grown since I came to Cardiff and have seen the outstanding work by our Community Foundation and Youth Academy people in South Wales.
“We must reach out to children, not only in football technique, but also in character building,” says Dato Chan, who is nicknamed ‘TG’ at Cardiff City Stadium.
“I have watched our club’s Down’s Syndrome team, who are champions of Great Britain, and we have a deaf team.
“The next era is football for the blind – and a wheelchair squad.
“This work goes beyond normal football and normal coaching programmes, both in Wales and Malaysia. I believe our government in Malaysia are quite impressed with what we are doing.
“The community work Cardiff City are doing in the UK is now growing in Malaysia. Cardiff will always be in the hearts of Malaysians because this club took the trouble to go out there and help in all sorts of ways.
“A major factor for me is that nobody is left out.
“Cardiff City are proud to have won a Football League Community Award and the Family Stand of the Year award in Barcelona, which is a great credit to Wales and this city. This club has to be about more than the first team alone – and we are putting a lot of time and effort into grassroots football.”
The Bluebirds have signed a memorandum of understanding with Felda (the Malaysia government-backed Federal Land Development Authority) to develop grassroots football. In terms of financial strength, Felda are second only to Malaysia’s petroleum company.
Felda director general Dato Dzulkifi Abdul Wahab spent two days in South Wales visiting Cardiff City Stadium, the club’s House of Sport and Vale training ground, where he met manager Malky Mackay and the players.
“We have over 100,000 families in our area and some could be rising stars of the future,” said Dato Dzulkifi. “This project, which involves a mix of education and football, covers children aged between six and 16 years old.
“My trip to Cardiff was to witness first-hand how well the coaches work, along with the excellent facilities. Our aim is to integrate these methods with the youth in Malaysia in terms of how the children spend their time, how they study, diet and stay healthy.”
Felda are the largest land owners in Malaysia – their work involves striving to eradicate community poverty – and the agreement with Cardiff is aimed at helping all children regardless of their background.
“Many football clubs have community programmes, but none have gone out to Malaysia to have an input into coaching and education,” says TG. “We are reaching out beyond the cities – and there is a lot of talent out there in rural areas.
“Pele was found in the back streets of his own country – and look what he achieved. Who knows? We may find a gem in the future, but we want to do far more than find one, maybe two, players who can make the grade.
“We have already involved a couple of thousand children and this will continue to grow. Our football club is 100 years old. People here are passionate. The children of Malaysia are passionate about football.
“It’s time for Malaysia and Cardiff to get together. We have full-time staff working in Malaysia – and we will have to triple those numbers.
“Cardiff City have been proud to work in local communities. Football is an extra powerful tool when it comes to youth development.
“We believe this starts at the age of five.
“We want to reach Malaysian children from all walks of life. The target is letting children enjoy themselves.
“If we see a good player out there all well and good. If not, that’s okay and we will still achieve an awful lot.”
There has been talk of a Cardiff City first-team tour to Malaysia – and TG says that will happen.
This 1 Malaysia Cardiff City project will have an impact on that – and that includes providing facilities for the youth schemes in Malaysia.
“We are in talks to take over certain stadiums which will have the Cardiff brand on them,” says TG. “They will help with the grassroots football, while the pitch standards and facilities must be as good as Cardiff City Stadium.
“Our main concern is to welcome Cardiff City players in Malaysia to play and train on pitches where the pitches are good and help to ensure any risk of injuries is minimal.
“Malky Mackay and I are agreed that when the time is right, and the right facilities are in place, Cardiff City’s squad will come to Malaysia.
“This whole project, though, goes far beyond pre-season, far beyond going out to do a community football stint. Premier League teams have visited Malaysia for exhibition matches, but what Cardiff City are doing goes far beyond that.
“We are going to rural areas in Malaysia and taking football and education to kids everywhere. It’s different – and a project we will nurture and help grow over the next few years.”
Cardiff City News
Cardiff City taking football and education to Malaysia
South Wales EchoOct 27 2011 Recommend (3)
inShare
Cardiff City’s Malaysian owners are determined to forge strong links between the Bluebirds and the youngsters in their homeland.TERRY PHILLIPS looks at the ambitious Welsh-Asian project
CARDIFF City are reaching out to the children of Malaysia.
Chairman Dato Chan Tien Ghee and his fellow Malaysian investors are underlining their commitment to the Bluebirds through the 1 Malaysia Cardiff City project which will involve improving the lives of 30,000 youngsters through education and coaching.
Cardiff have coaches already working in Malaysia and Dato Chan says: “This is another sign of our commitment to this club. We are bringing Cardiff City successes to Malaysia.
“Personally, I am committed to grassroots football in Malaysia.
“That has grown since I came to Cardiff and have seen the outstanding work by our Community Foundation and Youth Academy people in South Wales.
“We must reach out to children, not only in football technique, but also in character building,” says Dato Chan, who is nicknamed ‘TG’ at Cardiff City Stadium.
“I have watched our club’s Down’s Syndrome team, who are champions of Great Britain, and we have a deaf team.
“The next era is football for the blind – and a wheelchair squad.
“This work goes beyond normal football and normal coaching programmes, both in Wales and Malaysia. I believe our government in Malaysia are quite impressed with what we are doing.
“The community work Cardiff City are doing in the UK is now growing in Malaysia. Cardiff will always be in the hearts of Malaysians because this club took the trouble to go out there and help in all sorts of ways.
“A major factor for me is that nobody is left out.
“Cardiff City are proud to have won a Football League Community Award and the Family Stand of the Year award in Barcelona, which is a great credit to Wales and this city. This club has to be about more than the first team alone – and we are putting a lot of time and effort into grassroots football.”
The Bluebirds have signed a memorandum of understanding with Felda (the Malaysia government-backed Federal Land Development Authority) to develop grassroots football. In terms of financial strength, Felda are second only to Malaysia’s petroleum company.
Felda director general Dato Dzulkifi Abdul Wahab spent two days in South Wales visiting Cardiff City Stadium, the club’s House of Sport and Vale training ground, where he met manager Malky Mackay and the players.
“We have over 100,000 families in our area and some could be rising stars of the future,” said Dato Dzulkifi. “This project, which involves a mix of education and football, covers children aged between six and 16 years old.
“My trip to Cardiff was to witness first-hand how well the coaches work, along with the excellent facilities. Our aim is to integrate these methods with the youth in Malaysia in terms of how the children spend their time, how they study, diet and stay healthy.”
Felda are the largest land owners in Malaysia – their work involves striving to eradicate community poverty – and the agreement with Cardiff is aimed at helping all children regardless of their background.
“Many football clubs have community programmes, but none have gone out to Malaysia to have an input into coaching and education,” says TG. “We are reaching out beyond the cities – and there is a lot of talent out there in rural areas.
“Pele was found in the back streets of his own country – and look what he achieved. Who knows? We may find a gem in the future, but we want to do far more than find one, maybe two, players who can make the grade.
“We have already involved a couple of thousand children and this will continue to grow. Our football club is 100 years old. People here are passionate. The children of Malaysia are passionate about football.
“It’s time for Malaysia and Cardiff to get together. We have full-time staff working in Malaysia – and we will have to triple those numbers.
“Cardiff City have been proud to work in local communities. Football is an extra powerful tool when it comes to youth development.
“We believe this starts at the age of five.
“We want to reach Malaysian children from all walks of life. The target is letting children enjoy themselves.
“If we see a good player out there all well and good. If not, that’s okay and we will still achieve an awful lot.”
There has been talk of a Cardiff City first-team tour to Malaysia – and TG says that will happen.
This 1 Malaysia Cardiff City project will have an impact on that – and that includes providing facilities for the youth schemes in Malaysia.
“We are in talks to take over certain stadiums which will have the Cardiff brand on them,” says TG. “They will help with the grassroots football, while the pitch standards and facilities must be as good as Cardiff City Stadium.
“Our main concern is to welcome Cardiff City players in Malaysia to play and train on pitches where the pitches are good and help to ensure any risk of injuries is minimal.
“Malky Mackay and I are agreed that when the time is right, and the right facilities are in place, Cardiff City’s squad will come to Malaysia.
“This whole project, though, goes far beyond pre-season, far beyond going out to do a community football stint. Premier League teams have visited Malaysia for exhibition matches, but what Cardiff City are doing goes far beyond that.
“We are going to rural areas in Malaysia and taking football and education to kids everywhere. It’s different – and a project we will nurture and help grow over the next few years.”
Re: TG in todays echo
Thu Oct 27, 2011 7:12 pm
SamCCFC1927 wrote:http://www.walesonline.co.uk/footballnation/cardiff-city/cardiff-city-fc/2011/10/27/cardiff-city-taking-football-and-education-to-malaysia-91466-29667942/
Oh God, here goes.
Daya will be on in a minute telling us thick Welsh bastards that we are giving
away our history, heritage, and lives to the wicked foreign invaders.
Forgetting that we have had one of the most oppressive, possessive, bullying,
overbearing Country in the history of the World as neighbors for hundreds and
hundreds of years (England)... Yet we still have our own language and culture
and the language is actually GROWING... Whereas the English language in the
very heart of 'Daya land' is dying on its feet, and pie and mash has been replaced
by Kosher Kebab and Hummus
Re: TG in todays echo
Thu Oct 27, 2011 7:38 pm
A very interesting article. If I remember rightly when TG was first mooted as a possible investor 2 years ago, our then Chairman Peter Ridsdale did mention something about strategic youth development in Malaysia and beyond.
Now we are getting some insight as this invovles an organisation called FELDA the Malaysia government-backed Federal Land Development Authority who are apparently land rich (The article mentions FELDA is the second most valuable organisation in Malaysia after Malaysian Petrolem)
Now anyone who has looked into Vincent Tan's background will see that he has made a large part of his wealth from the sell off of ex-Nationalised industries such as water treatment.
So the question is; is this part of the 'big' plan for Cardiff City?
By that I mean are VT/TG setting up footballing academy's with addition of education in the poorer areas of Malaysia and in return they hope to get huge chunks of FELDA land and cash, may be even all of it?
If that's the plan then at face value it would seem a dam good one.
Now we are getting some insight as this invovles an organisation called FELDA the Malaysia government-backed Federal Land Development Authority who are apparently land rich (The article mentions FELDA is the second most valuable organisation in Malaysia after Malaysian Petrolem)
Now anyone who has looked into Vincent Tan's background will see that he has made a large part of his wealth from the sell off of ex-Nationalised industries such as water treatment.
So the question is; is this part of the 'big' plan for Cardiff City?
By that I mean are VT/TG setting up footballing academy's with addition of education in the poorer areas of Malaysia and in return they hope to get huge chunks of FELDA land and cash, may be even all of it?
If that's the plan then at face value it would seem a dam good one.
Re: TG in todays echo
Thu Oct 27, 2011 8:04 pm
hope im wrong. but . its like there promoting malaysia. cardiff is second? 
Re: TG in todays echo
Thu Oct 27, 2011 8:23 pm
if it gets us to a consistant top 10 premiership side then i dont care what thet promote
and if we get european football or a fa cup win i'll get malaysia tattoed across my ass cheeks
and if we get european football or a fa cup win i'll get malaysia tattoed across my ass cheeks
Re: TG in todays echo
Thu Oct 27, 2011 8:42 pm
Re: TG in todays echo
Thu Oct 27, 2011 9:04 pm
ninianblue wrote:hope im wrong. but . its like there promoting malaysia. cardiff is second?
How can they be promoting Malaysia to thousands of Malaysian schoolkids?
The kids are already in Malaysia.
Re: TG in todays echo
Thu Oct 27, 2011 9:18 pm
they must be spending quite a lot of money on this. would be nice if he could spend a few bob on loans lol
Re: TG in todays echo
Thu Oct 27, 2011 11:19 pm
They should be doing this in Cardiff and the Valleys before searching for talent in a country where potential players will find it difficult to get visas.
Also, having spent time in various locations in Malaysia recently, nobody there has even heard of Cardiff City. In the end I used us as an excise for not buying shit from the many market stands selling football jerseys from all over the world.
"You wanna buy Man United top sir. Good price?"
"Nah mate. Have you got a Cardiff City top?"
"Me no heard of Carcuff Ditti"
Dont get me wrong I am all in favour of the Malaysian owners but the football mad Malaysian public wont give a f**k about us until we are in the Premiership and challenging near the top.
Also, having spent time in various locations in Malaysia recently, nobody there has even heard of Cardiff City. In the end I used us as an excise for not buying shit from the many market stands selling football jerseys from all over the world.
"You wanna buy Man United top sir. Good price?"
"Nah mate. Have you got a Cardiff City top?"
"Me no heard of Carcuff Ditti"
Dont get me wrong I am all in favour of the Malaysian owners but the football mad Malaysian public wont give a f**k about us until we are in the Premiership and challenging near the top.
Re: TG in todays echo
Fri Oct 28, 2011 8:43 am
Midfield general wrote:Fergy1927 wrote:They should be doing this in Cardiff and the Valleys before searching for talent in a country where potential players will find it difficult to get visas.
Also, having spent time in various locations in Malaysia recently, nobody there has even heard of Cardiff City. In the end I used us as an excise for not buying shit from the many market stands selling football jerseys from all over the world.
"You wanna buy Man United top sir. Good price?"
"Nah mate. Have you got a Cardiff City top?"
"Me no heard of Carcuff Ditti"
Dont get me wrong I am all in favour of the Malaysian owners but the football mad Malaysian public wont give a f**k about us until we are in the Premiership and challenging near the top.
Fully agree mate
Here too. If this is a real TG strategy for CCFC then wed be getting in players and helping welsh kids south and north.
Blackburn Venkys the owners are trying to brand and market in India.
But if this is TG venture is planned then it would seem better then Venkys.
Getting grass root malaysians to support a malaysian backed team into the premier then it sounds possible. I'm not even sure if man city are big there so CCFC may just be like all the other non big four clubs.
I remember when manu and LFC started going to far east years ago. Followed by arsenal and chelsea. Look at their support there now. Without those clubs doing it. The premier wouldn't be as popular there today.
Re: TG in todays echo
Mon Nov 07, 2011 5:45 am
I guess I am fine with them promoting our club over there but they shouldn't disguise it as a talent search and waste coaches out there as there are very few Asian players who make it over here. That is just a historical fact. It seems a lot of effort to possibly find just one or two players when the Valleys, Cardiff and the south west in general has heap of talent. For fucks sake, they missed signing me and I am f*cking magic and wear a magic hat. Shame I have a beer gut and two left feet.